Mr. O'Malley needs to simply get to work and figure out how Maryland is going to be able to not drown in it's own stupid debt. No inauguration is necessary for anyone anymore, there is simply no money for pomp and circumstance for any party. Better yet, charge huge money to the attendees of these events to cover all of the costs and provide some revenue without sticking it to the longterm resident citizen taxpayers. We're busy working 2 jobs Guv-go do yours!!!

The complainers are overreacting. fairfaxvoter, I think it's a stretch to assume the only reason to cancel would be to make a bold statement. And waterfrontproperty, the event was, in fact, cancelled. Nowhere in the article does it say they are going to reschedule. Did you even read the article?

Leathersjames did you even read the first sentence? "Gov. Martin O’Malley has postponed an event to discuss the role education will play in Maryland’s new economy." To 'postpone' something is to put it off to a later time. If he has indeed cancelled the event, then the story should not have used 'postpone'.